Depth Charts

He had the primary helpers on Evander Kane's game-tying goal and Rasmus Ristolainen's game winner. O'Reilly has produced 15 points in 20 matches this campaign, including two goals and four assists in the last five outings.

Jack Eichel has confirmed that he is good to go for Tuesday's match against Edmonton.

He tweaked his ankle during Monday's overtime loss to Washington, but stayed in the game. Eichel's status was a bit of a concern afterward, but the Sabres insisted that he would be fine and that has turned out to be the case. Keep him active.

Johan Larsson collected a goal off a wacky deflection from well beyond the offensive blue line during Thursday's 4-3 win over the Rangers.

Larsson was the beneficiary just 18 seconds into the match when a Jake McCabe lob bounced off Larsson and fooled Henrik Lundqvist for the long-distance goal. He's now up to four goals and eight points in 23 games this season.

Zemgus Girgensons netted his second goal of the season in Monday's 3-2 overtime loss to Washington.

He opened the scoring in the contest and snapped a 13-game pointless drought in the process. Girgensons had gone 21 consecutive matches without scoring a goal since he found the back of the net against Calgary back on Oct. 18.

Derek Grant has been a valuable penalty killer for the Sabres this young season.

Buffalo's streak of killing off 12 straight man-advantage situations ended Tuesday night when the Wild scored. Grant has averaged 2:23 of penalty kill time per match, which ranks him second among Sabres forwards. He hasn't contributed a point in nine games though, so he shouldn't be on your fantasy radar.

William Carrier, who was brought back from the minors on Sunday, will play with Ryan O'Reilly and Kyle Okposo on Tuesday night.

He has potted one goal in 11 games this season, while displaying some speed. "It's just keep playing the way I'm playing now," said Carrier. "Coach is liking what I'm doing, so I'm just trying to bring that to their line tonight."

Coach Dan Bylsma wants Evander Kane to cut out the bad penalties he has been taking.

"The type of penalties are more the discussion point than the penalties," Bylsma said. "Evander is an aggressive guy, a physical guy, and we want him to be and need him to be. If he's taking penalties being aggressive and being physical, then that's one we'll kill." Kane has heated up lately with three goals and five points in five games, which is the kind of play that Bylsma and the Sabres are looking for from him.

Marcus Foligno posted his 100th career point on Thursday in a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers.

He earned an assist on goal by Brian Gionta during the second period. The trio of Foligno, Gionta and Johan Larsson combined for two goals and two assists in the contest. Foligno has seven points in 23 games this season.

He made sure he threw plenty of hits during the session. "It was a good test to get involved a little bit more with the guys," said Deslauriers. "I felt back to normal." He could be an option to return Friday night after missing 19 games with a knee injury.

Matt Moulson has scored six of his seven goals on the power play this season.

That power-play total places him second in the league behind only Montreal's Shea Weber, who has seven. Buffalo's top unit has consisted of Rasmus Ristolainen, Taylor Fedun, Kyle Okposo, Sam Reinhart and Moulson. He scored just eight goals all of last season, but he has had a much better start to the 2016-17 campaign with nine points in 19 contests.

Rasmus Ristolainen had a monster of a game during Tuesday's 4-3 overtime win over the Oilers.

In fact, he scored his first goal of the season and it was the overtime winner just 57 seconds into the frame. He also picked up a pair of helpers to give him 16 points in 26 games. Despite the otherwise lack of scoring, it would seem he's well on his way to break his career best of 41 points set last year.

Bogosian is still recovering from a sprained MCL and needs more time to strengthen his knee. The oft-injured Bogosian is a useful fantasy defenseman when he is healthy. Unfortunately, that is rarely the case.

"I'm at the point where it's feeling good and I can play now," Kulikov said Thursday. "It's been a long time. I've had a couple practices with the team, been skating on my own for more than a week now, and I feel ready. I feel healthy." He has missed the last 13 games with a back injury.

It's a surprise that he is back on the ice this early because he has sat just three games since he sustained a non-displaced fracture in his foot. Gorges feels like he could be ready to play on Friday night.

Cody Franson found the back of the net in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

He cut Tampa's lead to 2-1 at the time. The goal was Franson's first of the season and it was scored in the second period while the Sabres were on the power play. Evander Kane and Taylor Fedun had the assists on Buffalo's only goal. Franson has five points in 17 games this season.

Fedun is listed as day-to-day, but isn't expected to play on Monday. The Sabres' blueline has been decimated recently by injuries, so the fact that this might be short-term has to come as a relief to Sabres fans. In the meantime, Erik Burgdoerfer will draw into Buffalo's lineup on Monday.

Brendan Guhle will indeed make his NHL debut Saturday against the Bruins.

What were you doing at age 19? Guhle has limited professional experience thus far, posting a goal and four points in six games for AHL Rochester last season. He's been in the WHL this season, so it's an interesting leap for the youngster to take. He'll pair with Cody Franson to form Buffalo's second defensive unit.

Lehner was the first goalie off the ice following the morning skate, which is usually a good way of telling who the starter will be. He has a 5-8-4 record, 2.41 GAA, and .921 save percentage in 18 games this season.